As has been the case for almost 2 years now the western conference dominates these rankings but maybe the biggest surprise is the Phoenix Coyotes. Every since they acquired Ilya Bryzgalov the have been one of the better teams in the NHL which has pushed them to 5th in the Power Rankings. Nashville is also a surprise team in the west and it is certainly conceivable that both Phoenix and Nashville make the playoffs. Who’d have thought that before the season began.

Another note worth mentioning is that for the first time this season the Ottawa Senators are not the top ranked eastern conference team as Philadelphia has passed them while Boston and Montreal are right on their tails.

Rank

7 DaysAgo

Team

AdjWinP

SchedStr

PowerRank

1

1

Detroit

0.736

0.517

0.735

2

3

Minnesota

0.585

0.534

0.626

3

2

San Jose

0.577

0.534

0.620

4

12

Nashville

0.537

0.528

0.564

5

4

Phoenix

0.509

0.537

0.557

6

8

Dallas

0.535

0.524

0.553

7

14

Philadelphia

0.598

0.464

0.542

8

13

Colorado

0.509

0.531

0.538

9

11

Calgary

0.500

0.535

0.536

10

7

Anaheim

0.509

0.533

0.535

11

6

St. Louis

0.481

0.539

0.535

12

5

Vancouver

0.509

0.524

0.535

13

9

Ottawa

0.602

0.454

0.533

14

10

Columbus

0.482

0.539

0.522

15

15

Boston

0.519

0.480

0.512

16

16

Montreal

0.556

0.459

0.508

17

18

New Jersey

0.538

0.463

0.497

18

17

Pittsburgh

0.519

0.467

0.480

19

20

Buffalo

0.510

0.465

0.472

20

19

Chicago

0.423

0.545

0.472

21

22

NY Rangers

0.482

0.470

0.457

22

23

Los Angeles

0.391

0.545

0.439

23

21

NY Islanders

0.444

0.476

0.433

24

24

Carolina

0.473

0.458

0.426

25

26

Atlanta

0.446

0.464

0.420

26

25

Washington

0.463

0.460

0.417

27

27

Florida

0.436

0.462

0.402

28

28

Edmonton

0.355

0.537

0.389

29

29

Toronto

0.391

0.475

0.374

30

30

Tampa Bay

0.398

0.466

0.369

AdjWinP is a teams winning percentage when shootouts are considered ties and there are no points awarded for overtime lossesSchedStr is an indication of a teams relative difficulty of schedulePower Rank is the teams expected winning percentage if team played all .500 teams

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